Local pharmacy earns quality, safety endorsement

Lima's Professional Pharmacy, with locations in Eureka and McKinleyville, announced in a press release that it is the first of only 18 pharmacies statewide to earn accreditation from the Pharmacy Compounding Accreditation Board. Additionally, Lima's Pharmacy is among only eight pharmacies in the state to earn sterile compounding accreditation for injectable formulations and eye drops, according to the release.

Compounded medications are prescriptions that are written by physicians, veterinarians and other legally authorized prescribers and prepared for an individual patient by a specially trained pharmacist. Examples of compounded prescriptions, according to the release, include:

-- When a child needs a smaller dose or different form of a medicine that is only commercially manufactured in a form intended for adults.

-- When a person cannot tolerate the inactive ingredients (such as gluten, lactose, preservatives or sugar) in manufactured medicines.

-- When a doctor believes a medicine will help his or her patient, but a manufacturer has discontinued the medicine for economic reasons.

-- When a patient is not achieving the desired response from conventional therapy and a customized regimen or delivery system is desired.

For more information on Lima's Professional Pharmacy's services, visit www.limasrx.com or call 441-8500 or 839-8500.